Harvester



NIT-ED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

' STEPHEN MOB. KRIGBAUM, OF GOLDEN, COLORADO.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 252,478, dated January'17, 1882.

Application filed October .21, 1881.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elei'ation of the same, taken through the line 90 x,

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This invention relates to that class'of harvesters in which the cutgrain is carried across the platform and elevated to a binders table or to a binding mechanism, and has for its object to facilitate the even falling of cut grain upon the platform, and thereby prevent theloss ofgrain hy the uneven failing ofcut grain upon the platform. a

The invention consists in the combination, with the platform and the frame of a harvrster, of a fender having a roller pivoted to its outer end to roll along the outer side board of the platform, and a head-block carrying the said fender, whereby the cut grain is made to fall upon the platform evenly, also, in the comhination, with the head-block and fender, of a connecting-bar and a lever, whereby the said fender can be readily adjusted as the height of thegrain may require; and,also, in the combination, with the head-block having a notch in its upper end and a socket in its side, and with the fender, of a pin and a ho )k to enter the said notch and socket, whereby the said head-block and fender can be readily connected and disconnected, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In using an ordinary harvester, the cut grain, especially when the grain is light or short, is thrown back by the reel and falls unevenly upon the platform, and some of it is thrown over the platform and falls upon the ground; also,when this uneven grain is carried to the binder and bound there will be many loose heads in the bundles which fall out as the bundle is handled,

so that it is necessary to rake the stubble, and

even then there is a great loss of grain, which loss is prevented by my improvement.

(ModeL) A represents the platform of a harvester; B, r

the reel; 0, the reel-supporting frame; D, the platform'carrier, and E the elevator thatraises the cut grain to the hinders table orto the binding mechanism.

F is the upright head block, which has a socket formed upon or attached to the upper part of its outer side to receive and slide upon the horizontal top bar of the frame O.

G is the fender, which is formed by attaching a cover, of cloth or other suitable material that will not shell the grain, to a frame. The fender G is made of such a length as toextend across the platform A parallel with the cutter-bar. To the lower part of the outer end of the fender G is pivoted a small roller or wheel,H,which rolls along the upper edge of the guard-board I at the outer side of the platform A, and thus supports the said outer end of the fender and keeps the said fender in a horizontal position.

To the upper inner corner of the fender G is attached a pin, J, which, when the fender is in working position, rests in a notch, K, in the upper end of the head-block F. To the inner end of the fender G, a little below its center, is attached a rectangular hook, L, which enters an L socket, M, in the side of the head-block F; To the inner end of the fender G, a little above the hook L, is attached a stop-pin, N, which may he the outWardly-projecting end of the shank of the hook- L, and which enters the upper partof the socket M and prevents the fender G from being raised vertically any higher than to raise the arm of the hook L out of the arm of the socket M. This construction allows the fender Gto be detached and attached,without disturhingthe operating parts of the fender,

when it may be necessary to have access to the parts of the machine beneath the fender.

To the upper end of the head-block F is hinged, by a link-connection or other suitable means, the end ofa connecting-rod, O,the other end of which is hinged to a lever, P. The lower end of the lever P is hinged to the lower rear partof the frame 0, or to an arm. Q, attached to the said frame in such a position that the upper end of the said lever I? can be readily reached and operated by the driver from his seat.

When-using the harvester the fender is adjusted in such a position that .the heads of the out grain as it falls will strike against the said fender, and the cut grain will thus be made to fall evenly upon the platform-carrier, so that there will be no loose heads in the bundles, and consequently no waste of grain. With this construction the driver, as the grain becomes taller or "shorter, can adjust the fender without stopping the machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1 In aharvester, the combination, with the platform A and the frame 0, of the fender G, the roller H, and the sliding head-block F, substantially asherein shown and described,whereby cut grain is made to fall evenly upon the platform, as set forth.

bar 0 and lever P, substantially as herein STEPHEN MCBRIDE KRIGBAUM.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH '1. BOYD, J. M. MANAHAN. 

